The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. was an American software company, based in Santa Cruz, California, that was best known for selling three Unix operating system variants for Intel x86 processors: Xenix, SCO UNIX, and UnixWare.
Commemorative plaque celebrating twenty years in business for Santa Cruz Operation, listing important milestones along the way
The origins of the company and its culture came in part from the University of California, Santa Cruz, shown here in 1980.
SCO's first offices were in downtown Santa Cruz, about 2⁄5 of a mile distant along the right side of this viewpoint
Museum label for the Apple Lisa notes that it could run Xenix; that was SCO's first shrink-wrapped product.
Santa Cruz is the largest city and the county seat of Santa Cruz County, in Northern California. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 62,956. Situated on the northern edge of Monterey Bay, Santa Cruz is a popular tourist destination, owing to its beaches, surf culture, and historic landmarks.
Image: Downtown santa cruz, cropped (cropped)
Image: Santa Cruz, California, USA Mission Santa Cruz 144 School St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 panoramio (cropped)
Image: Santa Cruz, CA, USA panoramio (10)
Image: USA Santa Cruz Post Office 3
